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GRATITUDE IS GOOD FOR THE HEART

Posted: 05.18.2016

A grateful attitude is good for your heart, suggests a new study.
Researchers asked 186 people, average age 66, to fill out a survey
rating how grateful they felt in their lives. The more grateful people
were, the less inflammation and less plaque buildup they had in their
arteries. In a follow-up study, experts tested patients for heart
disease markers such as inflammation and heart rhythm problems. Then
they asked half the group to write in a journal 2 to 3 things a day for
which they were grateful. After 8 weeks, they retested them and found
the journal keepers had a reduction in inflammation and improved heart
rhythms.